Home Schooling
HOLY SPIRIT HOME SCHOOL GROUP
Home schooling is an exciting option for educating your children. It is growing in popularity, and there are a variety of home schooling families in the Highland, Michigan area.
The Holy Spirit Home School group members have a common goal to provide the best possible education for our children. We focus on spiritual, emotional, academic and physical activities which supplement and support the family's individual instruction plans. Our meetings and activities are open to any local home schooling families, or to those considering home schooling. Non-Catholics are welcome, though some of our activities specifically involve the Catholic faith.
We meet every Friday after 9:00 Mass. Every few weeks, we participate in a “Home School Mass,” where the children are encouraged to read and write their own intentions and bring up the gifts. After Mass, we meet in the Holy Spirit classrooms for an activity or we go on field trips. We try to schedule activities that are fun for the kids, and easy for the moms. Included are activities such as field trips to museums and parks, sports such as sledding and skating, and classes related to academics, holidays or saints’ days.
Children of all ages are welcome. Our current group ranges in age from infant through high school. For more information, please contact Joan Rusch at (248) 328-0982.
LOCAL PROGRAMS:
College, High School, and Supplementary Classes: United Home Schoolers is a group in Howell that has united several home school groups to provide a number of courses for home schoolers. These courses include high school level courses, technical courses, and a variety of language, arts, computer and science for the younger children. There is also a partnership with Michigan Technical Education Center and Lansing Community College. Contact Lucy at (517)548-4602 or email UnitedHomeSchool@yahoogroups.com.
Sports: Howell Athletic Association of Christian Home Schoolers offers many different sports programs for homeschoolers of all ages. Contact Kathie Marshall at marsh8@familink.com or (734)878-0130.
Music Programs: Both Oakland County and Livingston County provide home school music that include group programs in band, choral, guitar, recorder and string instruments. Contact Yvonne Black (517)546-1969 for the Livingston County group, which meets one day per week in Brighton. The Oakland County group meets one evening per week in Waterford. Call (248)760-7864 or check our their website,www.oaklandhomeschoolmusic.cjb.net.
Dance: Modern Messages is a Christian dance studio in Highland, which is very popular among home school groups. Call 248 889-2499 for more information.
OTHER RESOURCES:
Home School Legal Defense Organization: This organization has all of the information about the legal requirements of home schooling. In addition, the website has some very impressive statistics on how well home schooled children perform. (540) 338-5600; www.hslda.org.
Michigan Catholic Home-Educators: This is a statewide group that publishes a newsletter and provides an annual conference including seminars and a curriculum/book fair. PO Box 534 Dearborn Heights, MI 48127 www.rc.net/lansing/mch/